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A30994 A discourse concerning the nature of Christ's Kingdom with relation to the kingdoms of this world in two sermons preach'd at St. Maries before the University of Cambridge by Miles Barne. Barne, Miles, d. 1709? 1682 (1682) Wing B858; ESTC R28352 25,388 69

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good service There He will find Persecution Rapine Sacrilege Preach'd and practis'd There He will find speaking evil of Dignities the Holy Idiom and priviledg'd Language of the Godly There He will find the Murther of Kings encourag'd effected justified in short for I delight not to dwell on so ungratefull a Subject there He will find all the most consummated Villanies consecrated which were in the power of the Sons of Perdition to Act since the shedding of the Bloud of Righteous Abel unto the Murther of Righteous King Charles and so down to this very day But thou O Holy Christian who art so indeed and not in outward shew only as thy heart bleeds within thy Breast to think that there should be such Miscreants that all that name the Name of Jesus should not depart from such horrid Impieties so thou knowest it to be thy Duty to follow thy Master in the several steps of his Life to Fast with him in the Wilderness as well as Feast with Him at the Marriage in Cana to watch and pray with Him in his Agonies in the Garden as well as dwell with Him in his Glorification on the Mount to act a part with Him in his Tragedy in the High Priests Hall as well as attend Him in his Triumphs to Jerusalem Thou knowest it to be thy Duty not Only to accompany Him to the Judgment Hall but moreover to Mount Calvery and there to die for Him who suffered the most dolorous Death for thee And thou art invited hereunto by the Example and Precept of Jesus the Captain of thy Salvation and Finisher of the Faith His Glorious Company of Apostles His Noble Army of Martyrs who in all Ages have finish'd their Course fought the good Fight and receiv'd a Crown of Righteousness Thou canst pity those who laugh at the Doctrine of passive Obedience and conclude their Religion false which will not sustain suffering for Christ's sake In a word thou art resolv'd in the whole course of thy Life to maintain the Wisdom of the Serpent and the Innocency of the Dove Jesus answer'd my Kingdom is not of this world if my Kingdom were of this world then would my servants fight that I should not be deliver'd to the Jews Upon the whole matter give me leave to make these following Observations and conclude 1. That we do not sin against the Rules of Christian Patience if we Defend our selves when brought before Magistrates for though Christ willingly submitted to the Sentence yet He carefully acquitted Himself of the Treason laid to his charge This is confirm'd to us by the Practice of the Prophets Elias Jeremias the Example of the Apostles particularly Saint Paul's who appeals to the Roman Laws Flies to their Guards for Protection against his Conspirators and did not disdain even Humane Policy for He divided the Multitude made the Major Part of his side by Crying out Men and Brethren I am a Pharisee the son of a Pharisee of the hope and Resurrection of the Dead I am called in question 2. That since Christ's Kingdom is not of this world that therefore we should not immoderately thirst after Riches or affect Glories and worldly Greatness 3. We must not take it heinously if in perilous circumstances we should be betrayed by our friends or deserted by those from whom we expected Protection for this was our Masters case betrayed by one Disciple forsook or denyed by the Rest by Pilate deprived of the common privilege of the Law He who before had furnish'd his Enemies with a Band of Ruffians to apprehend Him denies Him common Justice from the Bench for fear of displeasing the Jews 4. This place gives us comfort in our greatest and most publick Calamities for since Christ's Kingdom is not of this world It shall never be overcome or destroyed by all the united Forces thereof Heaven and earth shall pass away but Christ's Throne is establish't for ever His Dominion is an everlasting Dominion 5. Lastly This place manifestly reproves those who have so long boasted themselves Christ's Vicars for He whom they pretend to represent declares His Kingdom not to be of this world But they usurp to themselves the Kingdoms of this world dispose of them at pleasure as if that prophecy They shall Bind their Kings in chains did literally appertain to them to fulfill By this their wicked and Audacious Practice how ill do they prove their Title to Christ's Vicarage Do they not rather shew whose servants they are viz. His who proudly said All these thingswill I give thee If thou wilt fall down and worship me for by the Vanity and Pageantry of a Pompous Religion adorn'd with the false Glories of this world they have bewitch't too Great a Part of the Nations of the earth for I dare boldly say that the Doctrines of Image-worship Invocation and Adoration of Saints Indulgences Purgatory Prayer for the dead as they are practis'd in the Church of Rome Transubstantiation Participation in one Kind Papal Supremacy the making which necessary Conditions of Communion justifies us and laies the Schism at the Imposers Door I dare boldly affirm that they are fond Things vainly feigned that they are contrary to the Simplicity and Truth of the Gospel that they have no better support than Credulity Force Falsification of Antiquity humane Romantick Tradition or the Pride and Coveteousness of the Ecclesiasticks Indeed I never thought those the most Eloquent Preachers who can call Whore and Antichrist loudest and perhaps 't is not necessary that all our Sermons should be turn'd into invective Harangues against the Idolatries of the Church of Rome but it has often griev'd me to think that St Peters Successour hath made that Title so much his own as to endanger Mahomets Claim that a Mother Church should be so leudly fall'n from that Gravity Purity and Chastity which in St Pauls time and some Centuries after she so eminently possess 't I have always thought I might discharge this part of the Ministerial Function as much to the benefit of Souls in pressing upon them the Duties of Love and Obedience in Defending the Doctrine Government Solemn and Publick Prayers of the Church of England in whose holy Communion I do believe Salvation may be had with greater Certainty than in any other Church of any Denomination whatsoever To conclude The Kings of the earth shall stand up and take counsel together against the Lord and against His Anointed Which Prophecy implies that Christ shall be a King and that the Kings of the earth would conspire the Ruine of His Kingdom And this is the true ground of all those dire strifes and contentions which have fill'd the world about the Christian Faith Because they will not have this Man to Reign over them For this reason the Jews conspired the Death of Christ they pretended indeed to the Romans that He intended to set up a Fifth Monarchy but the true reason was because He did not answer the fond